Tamil Nadu
Climate Action Tracker
Data-Backed, District-Led Blueprint for Climate Action
Launch Date: 31st October 2025
Climate Action Tracker
Data-Backed, District-Led Blueprint for Climate Action Launch Date: 31st October 2025
This section presents key interventions and their targets for reducing carbon emissions in The
Nilgiris district,
with approximate mitigation potential for 2030 and 2050.
| Sr. No. | Key Intervention | Activity/Target | Target for Year 2030 | Approximate Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2030 (ktCO2e) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2040 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2040 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2050 | Approximate Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2050 (kTCO2e) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Decarbonising the Energy Sector | |||||||||||||
| A.1 | Shift from Fossil-Fuel to RE based Captive Power Generation | Replacing/tying up PPAs from existing ~87 MW fossil-fuel based Captive Power Plants (CPPs) to equivalent renewable energy capacity of ~105 MW (solar, wind and GH2) by 2050. | 40% of the existing tied up capacity (equivalent RE capacity 40 MW) | 55 (1.62%) |
- | - | 55% additional capacity (equivalent RE capacity ~60 MW) | 129 (3.72%) |
- | - | 5% of the balance (equivalent RE capacity 5 MW) | 146 (4.13%) |
- | - |
| A.2 | Use of Electric Cookstove in Cooking | Adoption of ~1.4 lakh electric cookstoves in residential cooking by 2050 | 0.7 lakh | 77 (2.27%) |
- | - | 0.2 lakh additional | 91 (2.63%) |
- | - | 0.5 lakh remaining | 137 (3.88%) |
- | - |
| A.3 | Use of Biogas using Waste (Livestock waste, Food Scaps etc) | Installing a biogas plant of approx 30000 m3/day capacity, considering 50% realization of total potential of 60000 m3/day of the district | 40% | 22 (0.64%) |
- | - | 10% additional | 26 (0.75%) |
- | - | 50% | 58 (1.64%) |
- | - |
| A.4 | Replacement of diesel pumps with solar pumps for irrigation | Conversion of 330 diesel pumpsets to off-grid solar pumps by 2030 | 100% | 6 (0.16%) |
- | - | 10% additional | 26 (0.75%) |
- | - | NA | 6 (0.17%) |
- | - |
| A.5 | Use of EV tractor and tillers for agriculture land preparation | Electrifying ~8000 tractors and tillers by 2050 | 1,480 | 5 (0.16%) |
- | - | 3,760 | 19 (0.55%) |
- | - | 2,760 | 29 (0.82%) |
- | - |
| A.6 | Replacement of HSD by Biodiesel in Diesel Generator for Backup Supply / Renewable based Backup Supply Support | Replacement of HSD by Biodiesel in Diesel Generator for Backup Supply / Renewable based Backup Supply Support a. Exploring biodiesel availability production in the district (assessment) b. Pilot implementation of biodiesel use in commercial DG sets / RE based backup supply support c. Using biodiesels in all the DG sets in the districts |
To be assessed | To be assessed | To be assessed | |||||||||
| B | Shift to Electric Mobility The target suggested in below mentioned interventions are over and above the stock in BAU scenario. | |||||||||||||
| B.1 | Shift to EV 2 Wheeler | Increasing the share of EV in 2W sales to achieve 100% penetration (upto ~5 lakh EV 2W) by 2050 | 1 lakh | 10.41 (0.31%) |
- | - | 2 lakh additional | 32 (0.92%) |
- | - | 2 lakh additional | 50 (1.41%) |
- | - |
| B.2 | Shift to EV 3 Wheeler | Increasing the share of EV in 3W sales to achieve 100% penetration (~7500 EV 3W) by 2050 | 1,000 | 0.1 (0.03%) |
- | - | 3,701 | 1.9 (0.05%) |
- | - | 7,164 | 4 (0.11%) |
- | - |
| B.3 | Shift to EV 4 Wheeler | Increasing the share of EV in 4W sales to achieve 100% penetration (upto ~2 lakh EV 4W) by 2050 | 0.25 lakh | 14.95 (0.44%) |
- | - | 1 lakh additional | 64 (1.85%) |
- | - | 0.75 lakh additional | 103 (2.91%) |
- | - |
| B.4 | Shift to EV Buses | Increasing the share of EV buses in sales and achieving 100% penetration (upto ~ 2000 EV buses) by 2050 | 200 | 16 (0.47%) |
- | - | 1100 additional | 76 (2.19%) |
- | - | 500 additional | 99 (2.8%) |
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| B.5 | Shift to electric Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) | Increasing the share of electric Heavy Goods Vehicles (trucks, trolleys) in sales to achieve 80% penetration (upto ~2000 EV HGVs) by 2050 | 100 | 5 (0.16%) |
- | - | 1200 additional | 93 (2.68%) |
- | - | 500 additional | 120
(3.4%) |
- | - |
| B.6 | Creation of EV Charging infrastructure | Installation of ~475 charging stations in total by 2050 | 39 | NA | - | - | 166 | NA | - | - | 270 | NA | - | - |
| C | Decarbonization of the Industry | |||||||||||||
| C.1 | Exploring Electrification of Heating Processes in Industries to Reduce Fossil Fuel Consumption (Furnace Oil, HSD etc) | Fully Electrified kiln via plasma generator for heating in industries in place of fossil fuel based heating by 2050 | 40% of the target | 237 (6.97%) |
- | - | 20% additional achievement of the target | 392 (10.47%) |
- | - | Remaining 40% of the target | 603 (17.06%) |
- | - |
| Total Scope 1 Mitigation Potential (ktCO2e) | 449.8 (13.23%) |
930.2 (25.99%) |
1355.1 (25.99%) |
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| Sr. No. | Key Intervention | Activity/Target | Target for Year 2030 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2030 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2040 | Approximate Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2040 (kTCO2e) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2050 | Approximate Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2050 (kTCO2e) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | Addition of Renewable Energy (RE) capacity to meet the domestic electricity demand at district level | Additional RE capacity integration of ~3 GW (in addition to existing RE capacity of 0.7 GW) a. Potential Assessment for various RE sources including rooftop solar, utility scale, wind, floating solar, agro PV and others b. Installation as per assessment |
NA | 0 | - | - | 1 GW of the RE capacity target | 1,533 | - | - | ~2 GW of remaining capacity | 4,384 | - | - |
| B | Energy Efficiency (EE) improvements* | Installation of ~7.5 lakh 3/5 star EE ACs in residential spaces to replace old/inefficient ACs | 3 lakh | 50 | - | - | 4.08 lakh | 143 | - | - | 0.46 lakh | 154 | - | - |
| Installation of 3/5 star EE refrigeration units up to a total of 7 lakh by 2050 | 6.5 lakh | 6 | - | - | 0.5 lakh | 7 | - | - | 0.00 | 8 | - | - | ||
| Replacing existing ~11 lakh incandescent bulbs and CFL bulbs and CFL tubelights with LED in residential space by 2030 | 8.5 lakh | 2 | - | - | 2.5 lakh | 6 | - | - | NA | 10 | - | - | ||
| Replacing ~0.8 lakh street lights with LED lights by 2030 | 100% | 25 | - | - | NA | 25 | - | - | 9 lakh LED bulbs to be installed in the region to replace old lighting stock | 25 | - | - | ||
| Adoption of ~7 lakh BLDC fan by 2050 | 6.3 lakh | 2 | - | - | 0.6 lakh | 4 | - | - | An additional 0.3 lakh street and public place lights to be replaced between 2030 and 2050 | 73 | - | - | ||
| C | Utilizing biodegradable waste to generate electricity | Installation of waste to energy plant of 3 MW (the plant will require ~90 tons waste per day) by 2030 | 100% | 14 | - | - | NA | 14 | - | - | NA | 14 | - | - |
| Total Scope 2 Mitigation Potential (ktCO2e) | 85.3 | 1,718.1 | 4,586 | |||||||||||
| Sr. No. | Key Intervention | Activity/Target | Target for Year 2030 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2030 (ktCO2e/yr) |
Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2040 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2040 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) | Additional Target for Year 2050 | Annual Mitigation Potential upto 2050 (ktCO2e/yr) | Progress | Annual Mitigation Realised (ktCO2e) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | Waste Management in the region | |||||||||||||
| D.1 | Domestic Wastewater Management | Set up adequate centralized wastewater treatment plants for urban | Facility to treat 35 MLD of wastewater | 66 1.95% |
- | - | Facility to treat additional 20MLD of wastewater | 90 (2.61%) |
- | - | Additional maintenance | 45 (2.07%) |
- | - |
| D.2 | Enhancing decentralized treatment | Retrofitting unsanitary septic tanks and unlined holes in the ground with leach pit or twin pit septic tanks at household level for 1,34,750 households | - | - | Retrofitting unsanitary septic tanks and unlined holes in the ground with leach pit or twin pit septic tanks at household level for 57750 households | - | - | Additional maintenance | - | - | ||||
| D.3 | Setting up Fecal Sludge Treatment Plant (FSTP) at firka level | 20 FSTP for 20 firkas | - | - | 19 FSTPs for remaiining 19 firkas | - | - | Additional maintenance | - | - | ||||
| D.4 | Increase household connections to underground drainage | 60% Households to be connected with UGD | - | - | 100 % Households to be connected with UGD | - | - | Additional maintenance | - | - | ||||
| D.5 | Industrial wastewater management | Setting up of Effluent Treatment Plants (ETP) and Contionous Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs) along with continous treated effluent monitoring system | Facility to treat 2 MLD | 3 (0.08%) |
- | - | Maintenace and additional facilities as per requirement | 5 (0.16%) |
- | - | Maintenace and additional facilities as per requirement | 9 (0.25%) |
- | - |
| D.6 | Solid waste management | Dry waste recycling centre |
1.20 recycling centres for 20 firkas at village level 2. 1 recycling centre per 1 lakh population (total 10 recycling centres) |
0 | - | - |
1. 19 recycling centres for 19 firkas at village level 2. Additional 5 recycling centre (total 15 recycling centres) |
1.04 (0.03%) |
- | - | Maintenace and additional facilities as per requirement | 1.27 (0.04%) |
- | - |
| D.7 | Composting Centres | 10 composting centre (1 per 1 lakh population) | - | - | 5 additional composting centre ( total 15) | - | - | Maintenace and additional facilities as per requirement | - | - | ||||
| D.8 | Stakeholder capacity building and awareness generation for holistic sustainable waste management | Ongoing initiative | - | - | Ongoing initiative | - | - | Ongoing initiative | - | - | ||||
| Total Mitigation Potential of Waste Management | 69 (2.03%) | 96.04(2.8%) | - | 101.27 (2.85%) | - | |||||||||
| E | Green Spaces and Carbon Sequestration | |||||||||||||
| E.1 | Restoration and conservation of existing forest area and tree cover | Maintaining the current carbon stock densities and growth in forest cover to ensure the carbon sequesteration of -170.8 kt CO2e per year | Strengthening protection around existing reserved forest areas with additional measures of protection like: strengthening the fencing; eliminating encroachment; levying penalty on defaulters; etc. | 170.8 (5.02%) |
- | - | Strengthening protection around existing reserved forest areas with additional measures of protection like: strengthening the fencing; eliminating encroachment; levying penalty on defaulters;etc. | 170.8 (4.93%) |
- | - | Strengthening protection around existing reserved forest areas with additional measures of protection like: strengthening the fencing; eliminating encroachment; levying penalty on defaulters;etc. | 170.8 (4.83%) |
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| E.2 | Promoting social and agroforestry in land classified as barren or fallow, land put to non-agricultural uses of cultivable waste land | Social and agroforestry in 35163 ha of land (~14% of 258044 ha) In the subsequent years, continuous monitoring and maintenance of the plantations need to be undertaken | 193 5.69% |
- | - | Social and agroforestry in 49228 ha of land (~19% of 258044 ha) In the subsequent years, continuous monitoring and maintenance of the plantations need to be undertaken | 658 (18.97%) |
- | - | Social and agroforestry in 56261 ha of land (~22% of 258044 ha) In the subsequent years, continuous monitoring and maintenance of the plantations need to be undertaken | 1238 (35.02%) |
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| E.3 | Enhancing Carbon stock density | Enhancement of carbon stock density by ~2% increase from 82.25 t/ha to 83.75 t/ha | 49 (1.43%) |
- | - | Enhancement of carbon stock density by ~4% increase from 82.25 t/ha to 85.26 t/ha | 19 (0.56%) |
- | - | Enhancement of carbon stock density by ~5% increase from 82.25 t/ha to 86.76 t/ha | 19 (0.55%) |
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| Total mitigation potential of sustainable agriculture practices | 413 (12.14%) | 848 (24.56%) | 1428 (40.04%) | |||||||||||
| F | Sustainable Agriculture Practices | |||||||||||||
| F.1 | Promote modern cultivation techniques to optimise agricultural inputs and maximise outputs | Use of organic fertilizer and compost in place of urea in agricultural production | 15% agriculture area transitioned to organic fertilizer | 4.66 0.14% |
- | - | 45% agriculture area transitioned to organic fertilizer | 14.31 (0.41%) |
- | - | 75% agriculture area transitioned to organic fertilizer | 24.39
(0.69%) |
- | - |
| F.2 | Use of nano urea in place of urea in agricultural production | 30% of urea requiremnt met through nano urea | - | - | 55% of urea requiremnt met through nano urea | - | - | 25% of urea requiremnt met through nano urea | - | - | ||||
| F.3 | Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| F.4 | Capacity building programmes can be conducted through Krishi Vigyan Kendra for creating awareness on climate resilient practices | Can be an ongoing initiative | - | - | Can be an ongoing initiative | - | - | Can be an ongoing initiative | - | - | ||||
| F.5 | - | Establish local network of mini weather monitoring stations to monitor rainfall and temperature as well as to be able to forecast extreme weather conditions - this can help inform farmers of appropriate sowing, harvesting and irrigation timings | 20 mini weather monitoring stations | NA | - | - | 19 mini weather monitoring stations | NA | - | - | Additional maintenance | - | - | - |
| F.6 | Emission reduction from rice cultivation | Increase the percentage of multiple aeration in the rice cultivated area | Increase in multiple aeration from 20% to 27% | 4 0.13% |
- | - | Increase in multiple aeration from 20% to 51% | 20 (0.57%) |
- | - | Increase in multiple aeration from 20% to 77% by 2050 | 42 (1.18%) |
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| F.7 | Livestock management | Feed inputs for livestock - Tamarin plus and Harit Dhara and balanced rationing to reduce methane emissions from enteric fermentation. Implemetation of GOBARdhan scheme for manure maangement | Balanced rationing introduced in 30% and improved feed supplemts like Harit Dhara and Tamrin plus in 25% of livestock . 30% reduction in manure managemnt emission through GOBAR dhan scheme | 26 0.76% |
- | - | Balanced rationing introduced in 60% and improved feed supplemts like Harit Dhara and Tamrin plus in 50% of livestock . 60% reduction in manure managemnt emission through GOBAR dhan scheme | 57 (1.65%) |
- | - | Balanced rationing introduced in 90% and improved feed supplemts like Harit Dhara and Tamrin plus in 75% of livestock . 90% reduction in manure managemnt emisison through GOBAR dhan scheme | 93 (2.64%) |
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| Total mitigation potential of sustainable agriculture practices | 34.66 (1.03%) |
91.31 (2.63%) |
159.39 (4.51%) |
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